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EUROPE
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DENMARK
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ABOUTAARHUS UNIVERSITY
• Young, modern university founded in 1928
• Leading public research university
• 20,000+ Bachelor’s/pre-graduate students
• 22,000+ Master’s and PhD/postgraduate students
• 3,000+ international students (in full degree programmes)
• 8,000 employees
• Total revenue: EUR 844 million
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RANKINGSAARHUS UNIVERSITY
RANKINGS (2016):
• ARWU – Shanghai: 65
• National Taiwan University Ranking: 86
• Leiden Ranking: 97
• Times Higher Education World University Ranking: 98
• QS World University Ranking: 117
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FACULTIESAARHUS UNIVERSITY
FOUR FACULTIES:
• Health
• Science and Technology
• Business and Social Sciences
• Arts
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ABOUTTHE FACULTY OF HEALTH
5 DEPARTMENTS
1,532 EMPLOYEES
EUR 175 million IN REVENUE
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ABOUTTHE FACULTY OF HEALTH
2,200+ BSc/PRE-GRADUATE STUDENTS
2,600+ MSc AND PHD/POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
329 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN FULL DEGREE PROGRAMMES
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DEPARTMENTS
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The mission of Aarhus University, Faculty of Health is to
improve public health through research, talent
development and education at a high international
level, as well as to ensure knowledge dissemination and
knowledge transfer throughout the field of healthcare.
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VISIONFACULTY OF HEALTH
• Generate useful new knowledge through top-class research
• Support the development of the talents who are and will be employed at Health
• Gather and share knowledge from and with the surrounding society
• Nurture highly qualified graduates who complete relevant, effective degree
programmes.
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CORE ACTIVITIES
• Research
• Education
• Talent Development
• External Relations
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RESEARCHFACTS
• Research at the highest international level – from basic research to prevention,
diagnosis and treatment
• Approx. 3,200 peer-reviewed articles annually (2016)
• 751 academic staff members
• 665 PhD students
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RESEARCHAREAS
• Genes, cells and molecules
• Infection and the immune system
• The body’s organs and functions
• Cancer
• The nervous system
• Mental disorders
• Health and society
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RESEARCH SELECTED MAJOR CENTRES
BASIC RESEARCH CENTRES
• Centre for Music in the Brain
• PROMEMO – Center for Proteins in Memory
INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRES
• iSEQ – Centre for Integrative Sequencing
• iPSYCH – The Lundbeck Foundation
Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric
Research
• DANDRITE – The Danish Research Institute
of Translational Neuroscience (with the
Faculty of Science and Technology)
OTHER MAJOR RESEARCH CENTRES
• CIRRO – Danish Center for Interventional
Research in Radiation Oncology
• National Centre for Particle Radiotherapy
• CFIN – Center of Functionally Integrative
Neuroscience
• MEMBRANES – Center in Membrane
Proteins
• MEPRICA – Mental Health in Primary Care
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RESEARCHPEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
2,065 2014
2,092 2015
2,225 2016
2.0652.0652.065
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RESEARCHEXTERNAL FUNDING
EUR 35 million 2014
EUR 56 million 2015
EUR 39 million 2016
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EDUCATIONFACTS
• Medicine
• Public Health Science
• Sports Science
• Dental Surgery
• Dental Hygiene
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EDUCATIONMASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES
• Medicine
• Public Health Science
• Sports Science
• Molecular Medicine
• Dental Surgery
• Optometry and Visual Science
• Healthcare Master’s degree programmes
• Nursing
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EDUCATION OTHER STUDY PROGRAMMES
• Surgery Assistant (Dental Clinical Assistant)
• Clinical Dental Techinician programme
• Laboratory Dental Technician
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EDUCATION EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES
• Nordplus Medicin and NordPlus Idrott - exchange programmes for students of medicine
and sports science in the Nordic countries
• Erasmus+ and other exchange agreements – Europe and worldwide
• Summer schools
• Internships for students of sport science and public health science, e.g. in companies
and organisations
• Scandinavian Network for Elite Sport – collaboration and exchange
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TALENT DEVELOPMENT PHD
• Graduate School of Health (665+ PhD students)
• Standard PhD programme (in continuation of a Master’s degree)
• Integrated PhD programme (in continuation of a Bachelor’s degree)
• Industrial PhD programme
• Joint and double PhD programmes
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TALENT DEVELOPMENT PHD
PhD RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
• Clinical Medicine
• Biomedicine
• Public Health
SHORT COURSES
• Mandatory: Research integrity
• Elective: Scientific/transferable skills
• Supervisor course
ANNUAL PhD DAY
ANNUAL MEDICAL INNOVATION DAY
PhD ASSOCIATION
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TALENT DEVELOPMENT EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES
• Business and Innovation Honours Programme
• Research Honours Programme
• Research year for medical and odontology students
• Dream Team – practical course in surgery for medical students
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EXTERNAL RELATIONSAARHUS UNIVERSITY AND CENTRAL JUTLAND REGION
• Department of Clinical Medicine
• Integrated and mutually binding collaboration between the university and Aarhus
University Hospital (AUH) and regional hospitals at every managerial level
• Integrated research and clinical activity from basic research to new forms of treatment
• 550 cooperation agreements annually
• Research, education and clinical work have the same level of priority
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EXTERNAL RELATIONSCONSULTANCY AND SPINOUTS
• Research-based public sector consultancy
• Educational and research activities that include cooperation with both smaller
companies and the industry
• Core facilities – accessible for researchers and the public sector
• Numerous spinout firms
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EXTERNAL RELATIONSINDUSTRY AND COMPANIES
• Clinical trials and collaborations with the pharmaceutical industry
• Open Entrepreneurship – supported by the Danish Industry Foundation
• NEXT – National Experimental Therapy Partnership, a public-private partnership within
clinical research
• Medical Innovation Day: Idea generation competition and idea exchange in
collaboration with companies and the industry
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320,000
THE NUMBER OF
CITIZENS IN AARHUS
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13%
THE PERCENTAGE OF
CITIZENS ENROLLED IN A
UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME
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FURTHERINFORMATION
health.au.dk/en
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